Cider-mill.



PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

E. R. GOINGS.

CIDER MILL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 17. 1905v 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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B. R. GOINGS.

CIDER MILL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY17,1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

Application filed July 17, 1905- Serial No. 270,025.

To all 1071,0112, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELISHA R. GOINGS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clay City, in the county of Clay and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CiderQIills; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cider mills or presses; and it consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character which will be simple in construction, durable in use, efficient in operation, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

The above and other objects, which will appear as the nature of my invention is better understood, are accomplished by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a top plan view of a cider-mill constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 isa vertical longitudinal sectional view, and Fig. 4 is a vertical trans verse sectional view.

Referring to the drawings by numeral, 1 denotes a suitable frame within which the grinding and pressing mechanism of the mill is mounted. Disposed centrally within the frame 1 are two parallel series of vertical pressure-rollers 2 3. The rollers 2 of one series are secured upon shafts 4, which have their lower ends ournaled in suitable bearings upon the bottom of the frame 1 and their upper ends journaled in stationary bearings provided upon cross-bars 5, which connect the sides of the frame 1. The shafts 6, to which the rollers 3 of the other series are secured, have their lower ends loosely mounted upon bearings upon the bottom of the frame 1, so that their upper ends may have a slight swinging movement. Said upper ends of the shaft 6 are journaled in bearings 7, which are slidably mounted in the cross-bars 5 and which are forced toward the bearings of the shafts 4 by springs S, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Upon the upper ends of each pair of the shafts 4 6 are meshing pinions 9, which cause the pairs of pressure-rollers 2 3 torotate together in the same direction. Said rollers are driven by beveled gears 10, secured to the upper ends of the shafts 4 and meshing with beveled pinions 1 1, secured upon a longitudinally-cxtending shaft 12, mounted in suitable bearings upon the frame 1.

Mounted within the frame 1 adjacent to its outer side are series of vertically-disposed guide-rollers 13, about which and the pressurerollers 2 3 are passed endless belts 15. These belts may be made of canvas or any other suitable material and have their contiguous operating-stretches passing between the pairs of pressure-rollers 2 3 and in contact with each other, as clearly shown in. Fig. 2 of the drawings. Said belts are prevented from slipping downwardly upon the rollers by having their upper edges provided with surrounding beads 16, which are adapted to run in grooves 17, formed in said rollers adjacent to their upper ends. These beads 16 are preferably formed by passing a rope or the like through a hem or casing formed by folding the upper edge of the belt upon itself, as clearly shown in Fig. -t of the drawings. Any desired munbcr of the guide-rollers 13 may be provided, and they may be journaled in any suitable manner.

The apples or other fruit to be crushed and pressed are fed into a hopper 18, mounted upon the upper portion of the frame 1. In the contracted mouth or neck of said hopper is mounted a grimling-roller 19, which is in the form of a cylinder secured upon a shaft 20 and having teeth 21 arranged upon its periphery. The fruit crushed by said roller 19 falls into a narrow chute 22, which conducts it between the contiguous operating-stretches of the belts 15 adjacent to one of their ends. Said chute 22 has its lower end beveled, as shown at 23, and disposed between said belts, and the material discharged therefrom is distributed evenly to said belt and prevented from falling downwardly through the same by guard plates or bars 2). These bars 25 are disposed angularly upon the outer facesof the working stretches of the belts 15 adjacent to the chute 22 and are supported upon spring or resilient brackets 26, as shown.

In order to clean the belts 15, I may provide within the frame 1 a rotary agitator 27, which is adapted to coact with the outer stretch of one of the belts. Said agitator, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, comprises a vertical shaft bearings and carrying a frame 29, adapted to rotate and strike the outer stretch of one of 28, mounted in suitablethe belts to shake the pulp therefrom. As

' is mounted in suitable bearings and has secured to it a beveled pinion 35, which meshes with a similar pinion 36, secured upon the upper end of the shaft 28. Upon the shaft 34, adjacent to one of its ends,is secured a pinion 38, which meshes with a large gear-wheel 39, secured upon the shaft 12. It will be seen that by means of this gearing the pressurerollers 2 3, the agitator or cleaner 27, and the grinding-roller 29 will be rotated when power is applied to the'shaft 20 and that the motion of the pressure-rollers 2 3 will be imp arted to the belts 15 to cause the same to travel between said rollers.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi 1. A machine of the character described comprising two parallel series of pressurerollers, guide rollers, endless belts passed about said pressure and said guide rollers, a

feed-chute projecting between said belts, a

grinding roller for grinding the material passed through said chute, a guard for directing the material discharged from said chute between said belt, a rotary belt-cleaner, and means for rotating said cleaner, said pressurerollers and said grinding-roller, substantially as described.

'2. In a machine of the character described, the combination of vertically-disposed pressure-rollers, belts passing around said rollers and having their contiguous stretches in contact, a vertically-disposed feeding-chute having a beveled lower end projecting between said belts, a guard for directing the material discharged from said chute between said belts, a hopper mounted upon said chute, a grinding-roller between said hopper and said chute, and means for rotating said grindingroller and said pressure-roller, substantially as described. a

3. A machine of the character described comprising a suitable frame, pairs of vertically-disposed pressure-rollers, springs for moving one roller of each pair toward the other, meshing gears connecting the rollers of each pair, a beveled gear upon one roller of each pair, a shaft, beveled gears upon said shaft in mesh with the first-mentioned beveled gears, vertically-disposed guide-rollers mounted in said frame, endless belts passed about said guide-rollers and said pressurerollers and having their contiguous stretches passing between said pressure-rollers, a chute for feeding the material between the contiguous stretches of said belt, a second shaft, a grinding-roller upon the latter disposed above said chute, a hopper surrounding said grinding-roller, and gearing connecting said shafts, substantially as described.

4. A machine of the character described comprising a suitable frame, pairs of vertically-disposed pressure-rollers, springs for moving one roller of each pair toward the other, meshing gears connecting the rollers of each pair, a beveled gear upon one roller of each pair, a shaft, beveled gears upon said shaft in mesh with the first-mentioned beveled gears, vertically-disposed guide-rollers mounted in said frame, endless belts passed about said guide-rollers and said pressurerollers and having their contiguous stretches passing between said pressure-rollers, a chute for feeding the material between the contiguous stretches of said belt, a second shaft, a grinding-roller upon the latter disposed above said chute, a hopper surrounding said grinding-roller, a third shaft, gearing connecting the latter and the first-mentioned shaft, gearing connecting said second and said third shaft, a rotary cleaner adapted to coact with the outer stretch of one of said belts, and gearing between said cleaner and said third shaft, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELISHA R. GOINGS. Witnesses:

WM. RIDGLEY, E. MoGIL'roN. 

